I am happy to announce more art for the title, Final Fight: Double Impact. Over the next few weeks I will be showcasing each piece and highliting the history of each illustrious character. This piece was created by Udon artist, Long Vo , and colored by a talented newcomer Juan Martinez Pinilla (an awesome, but ineligible submitter to our Color of Conflict Contest.   His submission here )

Click next to learn Guy’s game bio and story, his appearance history, and take a gander at his visual evolution through the years. Also don’t forget to download Double Impact, A Double Strike of Arcade Perfection on Xbox Live and PSN, April 2010.

Guy

Final Fight Guy Overview
Guy is the fastest of the three characters due to his ninjutsu skills, but in comparison is lacking in physical power. One of his most novel techniques in the game is the “Off-the-Wall Kick”, a technique which allows Guy to bounce off the wall with a jump kick. This somewhat unknown move proves to be very useful in boss battles and close quarter stages.

Final Fight Guy’s Story
Guy learns his close friend Cody’s girlfriend, Jessica has been kidnapped by the new gang in town, Mad Gear. He immediately decides to help out so he can put his “Bushin” style ninjutsu skills to the test.

Game History

Guy is one of three playable characters in the original arcade version of Final Fight. Due to space constraints, Guy was initially omitted from the SNES port of the game, with Cody and Haggar being the only playable characters in that version.Capcom later produced a second SNES version titled Final Fight Guy, which replaced Cody’s character with that of Guy, with the in-game explanation given that Cody was away training under Guy’s master in Japan. Capcom also produced an NES game titled Mighty Final Fight, a chibi version of the original Final Fight which features all three characters.

In 1993 the release of Final Fight 2 came, a sequel created specifically for the SNES. In this installment, Guy’s sensei, Genryusai and his daughter Rena (Guy’s fiancee), are kidnapped by the new incarnation of Mad Gear. In the game’s story, Guy is off on a training mission and is unable to rescue his fiancée and master. Guy only makes an appearance in the end of the game.When Capcom produced the Street Fighter Alpha series, which consisted of a total of three installments, Guy would be one of two first Final Fight characters to be included in the game along with the game’s second stage boss Sodom. In this game, Guy’s character design was altered slightly, with his jika-tabi replaced by sneakers, although his fighting style still mimics that of his Final Fight counterpart. Guy’s new design would be later used in the second Final Fight sequel for the SNES, Final Fight 3, where he teams up once again attempts to save Metro City.

During the same year Alpha 3 was released in the arcades, Guy was featured in Final Fight Revenge, a fighting game for the arcades and Sega Saturn, featuring the original Final Fight cast. In 2001, a version of the original Final Fight was released on GBA called Final Fight One and included an unlockable variant to Guy’s outfit to match the Alpha look.

Another Final Fight sequel was released in 2006 titled Final Fight: Streetwise, which reimagined Guy’s character as an Asian crime lord in the Japan Town district of Metro City. In 2010 guy returns both in a perfected, online enabled version of the original arcade, Final Fight: Double Impact and as a playable character in Super Street Fighter IV.

Appearances

Final Fight (1989)  – Mighty Final Fight (1993) – Final Fight 3 (1995)

Street Fighter Alpha (1995) – Alpha 2 (1996) – Alpha 3 (1998)

Final Fight Revenge (1999) – Card Fighters (1999) – Final Fight One (2001)

Capcom Fighting Jam (2004) Namco X Capcom (2005) -Final Fight Streetwise (2006)

Card Fighters DS (2007) -Super Street Fighter IV (2010)  –  Final Fight:Double Impact (2010)